Bumper for automobiles



C. BOWEN.

BUMPER FOR MUTOMOBLES. APPLxcmon mab Nov. s. ma.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BOWEN, 01" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T0 FRED GABKIN'S AND OINllTIIIRI) 10 ARTHUR G. NIEBEHGALL, BOTH 0F FORT WAYNE,

INDIANA.

BUMPER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification lit Letters Potent.

Application filed November 8, 1919.

Bo it known that l', (,lm'nnns BOWEN, u. citizen of the United Sintes of Americn, and resident of Fort Vl'ziync, in the county of Allen and Stute of Indienst, have invented` certain new und useful Improvements in Bumpers fop Automobiles, of which the following o specification. y

This invention relaties to improvements 1n bum )ors for automobiles of that tyie in whic the frame of the automobile lies a protruding end with receding sides und which is also provided with e pair of vertically disposed pend-.int bolts, and the object of the improvement is to provide means for supporting :t bumper of thc spring bnr type in connection with the freine of' the automobile so .that lthe respective ends of the bei' forming the bumper will be firmly anchored und' properly positioned relative to the frame of the automobile; and to eo constructthe securing means for the bum )er that it may be applied to the frame of t emachine without disturbing or altering any of the parts thereof.

The object of the invention is ziccoinA .plislied by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fiure l is a plan view of the bumper und t at portion of an automobile to which the bumper is secured;

Fig. 2 is nn enlarged detail view showing a. cross-section on the line www, of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of one oi the supporting brackets for the bumper includ in the corresponding end of the bumper et tec ed thereto; und

Fig.4 is a plan view of Fig. 3.

Similar charactersfof reference indicate corresponding partstliroughout the several views und having reference now to the seme;

1 is the frame of en automobile hnlvinplr e protrudinI end Zand divergent opposite sides 3, tiere bcingsupportuig springsjrA secured respectively in connection withthe divergent sideso the freine by meansv of corresponding holte 5 and, clips (i. The invention is comprised ofthe bumper pioper 7, the supporting brackets '8 and the securing mem ers' 9 for the brackets. 'The bumper proper is formed of a flat bar of spring nietl 4with op ositely projecting hooks 10 'and correspon mg inwardly slanting extremities 11; each 4bracket is formed with a 4base portion 12 adopted t0` fit against Patented Jon. 27, 1920.

serial No. 336,614.

,lugs 15 adapted for the reception of the ends of the securin member 9 so that the base may be sccurcr in place, by the nuts 16, each bracket havin f also im outwardly extending erm 17 shapec to receive the corresponding extremity l1 of the 'bumper proper which is secured thereto b Inconsof bolts 18; und the securing mem iers 9 are ouch comprised of :i clip shaped to encompass the frame and with its respective endsl extending throu h the corresponding perforated lugs in t e hase so that the hitter may be rigidly se cured in position on the freine by tightening the nuts respectively on the ends of the clip.

By formm the brackets with the iiiwsiidly exten in hooks which engage the bolts that depen( from the frame a Single securing member only for euch bracket is required for holding 1t in lixed position en the friixneso that the bracket cannot be tilted vbv the bumper when it encounters en ob struction. In this manner the inner ends .of the bumper ure anchored rigidly in connec -tion with the frame rind supported iixedly in position byits ends.

What I claim isz-- f in a device of the class desc-ritieni` n bumper propel' haring inwardly slaiitin extremities; a pair of brackets, each forme with oppostelyprojecting 4pcrfoiaited lugs und huw-ng' a. hook et its forward end and an outwardly extending arm secured to the con respond ng extren'iityofi the bun'iper proper;

und n securing n'leiubvr foreach bracket.

ln n bumper for nutomobiles hayin u protrudin frame with receding sides and peinlunt bo ts, at its frontend, u bumper i a bum er roper comprised of a s r' bur shape wit inwardly extending ex renilties; a supporting bracket for each extremlt of the bumper, havin an outwardly exten ing arm secured there o, and -e forwardly ex- Lendin bose adapted to fit a einst the oorrespon.- ing reoedmg side of e frame; and a securing member for the base of each bracket. v

4. In u. bumper for automobiles having a frame with a protruding end, a bum er proper formed of. a spring ber shaped wlth inwardly extending extremities, and a sup porting bracket for each extremity having un outwul'dl extending erm secured thereto 15 and a, bese t at extends forwardly from the arm and being adapted to be seeured to thel corresponding side of the frame, the forward end of each base having a hook formed thereon.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesssee.

CHARLES BOWEN. W itn esses A @inmensa F. Coon, C. C. DILWORTH. 

